Stevie Smith (1902-1971): Grave by a Holm-Oak,from TheNew Statesman, 21 March 1969; in Scorpion and Other Poems, 1972

Florence Margaret (Stevie) Smith lived from the age of sixteen with her mother's sister, Madge (Margaret Anne) Spear. Stevie Smith was immensely attached to this "Lion Aunt" (a term of affection), who had cared for her since a girlhood marked by infirmity and loneliness; when her aunt grew
old and could no longer look after herself, Stevie in her turn loyally
cared for her at the flat they had long shared in North London. Spear died in 1968, at age ninety-six. Stevie survived her by three years.